Untangle Updates NG Firewall to Improve SD-WAN Security

A new release of Untangle's firewall platform benefits from a shift to a newer version of the Debian Linux operating system as the base. Untangle will announce version 14.0 of its NG Firewall platform on June 12, providing new features that enhance the security capabilities of the Linux-based platform. Untangle NG Firewall 14.0 benefits from enhanced support for securing software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) technology for small and medium-sized organizations. The new release also includes the latest network security and malware definition updates for the firewall platform. "Our version releases deal with core features and functionality of the firewall," Untangle founder and Chief Product Officer Dirk Morris told eWEEK. "We constantly release updates to malware signatures, app and website classification, etc." Both hardware and software are part of Untangle’s network security portfolio. The company last updated its hardware with the xSeries release, which was announced on Jan. 17. The xSeries includes the u25x, which includes two Gigabit Ethernet ports, and the u50x, which provides four ports for Gigabit Ethernet connectivity. "We do not usually tie hardware and software releases together, since Untangle is a software distribution and can run on our hardware, third-party hardware, as a virtual machine or in the public cloud," Morris said.